The document provides an overview of the AWS CLI and some tips for using it effectively. It explains that the AWS CLI allows managing AWS services from the command line across accounts, regions, and environments. It recommends using the command completion feature for tab autocompletion and the help command for documentation. It also suggests using the jq tool to process JSON output from AWS CLI commands.
The document provides an overview of the AWS CLI and some tips for using it effectively. It explains that the AWS CLI allows managing AWS services from the command line across accounts, regions, and environments. It recommends using the command completion feature for tab autocompletion and the help command for documentation. It also suggests using the jq tool to process JSON output from AWS CLI commands.
The document provides an overview of the AWS CLI and some tips for using it effectively. It explains that the AWS CLI allows managing AWS services from the command line across accounts, regions, and environments. It recommends using the command completion feature for tab autocompletion and the help command for documentation. It also suggests using the jq tool to process JSON output from AWS CLI commands.
The document provides an overview of the AWS CLI and some tips for using it effectively. It explains that the AWS CLI allows managing AWS services from the command line across accounts, regions, and environments. It recommends using the command completion feature for tab autocompletion and the help command for documentation. It also suggests using the jq tool to process JSON output from AWS CLI commands.
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AWS CLI Cheatsheet
What is the AWS CLI?
AWS CLI stands for Amazon Web Services Command Line Interface. When managing your AWS services there are a few options as far as tools go. Two of the most common options are using the AWS Console, or AWS CLI. The AWS Console is a web interface that you log into to manage your AWS services. In contrast to the AWS Console is AWS CLI. It is a great tool to manage AWS resources across different accounts, regions, and environments from the command line. It allows you to control services manually or create automation with scripts.
If you haven't installed AWS CLI yet start at the Installing the AWS CLI Guide from Amazon.
Pro-tip 1 - use the command-completion feature.
We think the best cheatsheet you can have for AWS CLI is the command- completion feature. It allows you to use the Tab key to complete a partially entered command. It will either complete your command or display a list of suggested commands. It isn't always automatically installed, so you'll need to configure it manually. Here is the AWS guide to get it up and running.
Pro-tip 2 - use the help command.
When you need a little extra help just lean on the AWS CLI help command to get detailed documentation on what is available. To use this command you just append help at the end of a command name. For example, if you do 'aws help' it will show the general AWS CLI options and list all the services. If you need to see what all the available commands for AWS EC2 specifically, you would type 'aws ec2 help.' It will become a huge aid to you in becoming an AWS CLI pro.
Pro-tip 3 - use jq.
This cheatsheet utilizes jq, a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. We highly recommend using it for AWS CLI. You can find more information on it at the Github repository for it .
Config Create profiles
Juniper Business Use Only aws configure --profile profilename
Output format
aws configure output format {json, yaml, yaml-stream, text, table}
To do this you’ll first need to create a JSON file with a list of change items in the body and use the CREATE action. For example the JSON file would look like this.
Juniper Business Use Only To do this you’ll first need to create a JSON file with a list of change items in the body and use the UPSERT action. This will either create a new record set with the specified value, or updates a record set if it already exists. For example the JSON file would look like this.
To do this you’ll first need to create a JSON file with a list of the record set values you want to delete in the body and use the DELETE action. For example the JSON file would look like this.
